Spring is in the air, which means homeowners might be itching to take on a new project, whether it’s reorganizing their interior spaces, starting a major residential repair or upgrade or looking to sell their homes.

However, they also might be at a loss as to where they can store extra furniture, clothes, files and other personal belongings during this process. The answer for many homeowners is renting or leasing mobile storage containers.

What Are Portable Storage Containers?

Whether they’re called moving containers, shipping containers, cargo containers, connex or conex boxes, ocean cargo containers, international shipping containers and ISO containers, they’re all storage containers made from heavy-duty stainless steel that are delivered directly to you at your home where you can store personal items right on premises.

Boss Rentals, the leading supplier of attractive, high-quality portable storage units to the residential, retail and home-based business markets since 2006, offers both renting and leasing options. Two conveniently sized mobile storage units– the 10-foot PUP-tainer® and the 20-foot standard-sized container – are available, and can be delivered directly to your home, depending on your storage needs.

Personal Storage Container Uses

Portable on-site storage containers have a wide variety of uses for business and can be used by company owners, retailers and contractors to securely store inventory, equipment, construction materials and key documents.

But how do homeowners use them? Here are the top uses forportable storage containers this spring:

Storage during Home Remodeling and Repairs: If you’re refurbishing, upgrading or fixing your home this spring, then you’ll need a space to store personal belongings while renovations and building take place. Mobile storage units allow you to keep your stuff safe as work continues on your home.

Decluttering Your Home and Freeing Up Space in Garages, Sheds, Basements, Crawl Spaces and Attics: Renting or leasing a personal on-site storage container also allows you to increase the living space in your home, lets you store extraneous items from garages, sheds, basements, crawl spaces and attics until you find another place for them and put away items for future garage, tag or yard sales.

Storing Seasonal Furniture and Decorations: Maybe you don’t have a garage, shed, basement or attic to store everything from outdoor furniture, barbecues, lawn mowers and gardening equipment to snow blowers, tools, holiday decorations and storage bins. Renting an on-site site storage container is the perfect solution for you.

Spring Cleaning: After a long, cold winter, now’s the perfect time to give your home a good spring cleaning. To do it justice you need to remove bigger items so you could access tighter spaces of your home. You can store those bigger items in a portable storage unit.

Personal Storage during Home Staging and Selling: If you’re putting your home on the market this spring, then you naturally want to be sure your home is as clean and neat as possible. You want them to be able to visualize themselves in your home and don’t want potential buyers to be distracted by clutter and other unnecessary items. Portable storage units allow you to conveniently store items close by while keeping them out of the way.

Moving: Mobile on-demand containers allow you pack and unpack your old home and new home on your timeline, and these types of storage containers can also often be simply loaded onto the back of flatbed truck or inside another, larger moving truck when you’re ready to move.

At-Home Business: If you have a home-based business and need to keep files, product or seasonal inventory on hand, but lack the storage space, then a mobile container might be right for you.

So if you want to safely store household items, clothing and furniture when staging and selling, renovating and repairing or reorganizing your home, then contact Boss Rentals today at 888-599-BOSS (2677) to learn more about our portable storage unit renting and leasing options. Our professional staff can work with you one on one and discuss your specific needs, and steer you to the precise mobile storage containers that work for you.

Whether you’re trying to declutter your home, staging your house to sell it or undergoing a major residential renovation or repair, there comes a time when, as a homeowner, you’ll need extra storage.

Sure, there are plenty of off-site self-storage units, but they can be expensive, out of the way and inconvenient. What about renting or leasing a mobile storage container? It’s an affordable, easy, safe and effective way to store household items such as furniture, clothes, files and other personal belongings right on your own property.

However, you might have a few misconceptions if you’ve never rented or leased portable storage containers.

To better understand their advantages, Boss Rentals, the leading supplier of attractive, high-quality portable storage units to the residential, retail and home-based business markets since 2006, has put together a brief introduction answering the most common misconceptions homeowners have about storage containers: For instance:

What’s the Difference between Personal Storage Containers and Standard Storage Units? Both allow you to store your belongings, but the benefit of a personal storage container is that it can be delivered on premises, allowing convenient access to personal items whenever you need them. Homeowners can use them to safely store household items, clothing and furniture when staging and selling, renovating and repairing or reorganizing their homes. A storage container can also often be simply loaded onto the back of flatbed truck or inside another, larger moving truck if you’re moving.

Are They Clean? Yes, all units are inspected prior to delivery to a customer and are delivered on site ready to use. In addition, all of Boss Rentals’ storage units are finished in a neutral beige hue to blend with almost any surrounding. At Boss Rentals we offer both renting and leasing options, and deliver two conveniently sized mobile storage units – the 10-foot PUP-tainer® and the 20-foot standard-sized container – directly to your home, depending on your storage needs.

Are They Safe? Yes, mobile storage containers are lockable and weatherproof, and feature durable, high-quality, heavy-gauge stainless steel construction. This makes them unattractive to would-be thieves and other unwanted intruders. In addition, because these containers sit right on your property, you can keep a watchful eye and rest assured knowing your belongings are nearby, safe and secure.

Are Storage Containers and Shipping Containers the Same? Yes. While there are many different names for storage containers, such as moving containers, shipping containers, cargo containers, connex or conex boxes, ocean cargo containers, international shipping containers and ISO containers, they’re all essentially storage containers, and they can be bought new or used for specific storage or shipping uses. However, containers that are used for personal storage are more commonly rented or leased.

Are They Expensive? No, you can rent or lease one or more of these containers in the size(s) you need only for the specific amount of time you need, making them a smart, versatile, cost-effective, handy and efficient storage option.

Contact Boss Rentals today at 888-599-BOSS (2677) to learn more about our portable storage unit renting and leasing options. Our expert team can sit with you one on one and discuss your specific needs, and steer you to the precise mobile storage containers that work for you.

Spring is the season for new beginnings, and what better new beginning than a good spring cleaning that allows you to declutter your home!

But how do you tackle what may be a daunting task for many homeowners: cleaning out your attic, crawl space, basement, garage and/or shed, along with other rooms in your home, reorganizing the space and only keeping essential items?

Enter portable storage containers. They’re a great tool if you’re looking to declutter your home this spring. Renting or leasing a personal on-site storage container or two also helps you stretch the living space in your home and lets you store superfluous household items and personal belongings from garages, sheds, basements, crawl spaces and attics until you find another place for them. Mobile storage containers are also a terrific staging area for items deemed good enough for future garage, tag or yard sales.

Boss Rentals, the leading supplier of attractive, high-quality portable storage unitsto the residential, retail and home-based business markets since 2006, offers both renting and leasing options. We offer two conveniently sized mobile storage units – the 10-foot PUP-tainer® and the 20-foot standard-sized container. Depending on your storage needs, we can deliver either size directly to your home.

To get started, our storage experts have put together some tips for decluttering and reorganizing your home this spring:

Plan and Commit: Pick a date and stick to it. Outline what rooms in your house you want to declutter and when. Understand this process takes time. So you might want to block out several days or a couple of weekends, depending on how much clutter you want remove from your home.

Enlist Help: The larger the task, the more help you’ll need to get it done and not feel overwhelmed. So recruit some family and friends to help, especially if any of them knows how to work organizational magic. Offer a dinner out for a few hours of help in your house. Seeing someone else effortlessly organizing your things will motivate you to continue and inspire you to finish.

Start Small: Begin with a room or space, such as a guest bedroom, linen closet or laundry area, which can quickly be cleaned and organized. Build on that progress and go room by room, working your way up to larger spaces, such as the garage, basement or attic, which can be very intimidating.

Sort Items into Keep, Donate, Sell and Trash Categories: Whether it’s a small area or a big garage, it’s best to sort all of your items, large and small, into four categories: keep, donate, sell and trash. And stick to it! Try not to let sentimentality get in the way when sorting because it’ll make it easier to part with large and small items that haven’t been used in a long time and are now taking up space.

Get Organized: After the sorting and purging process is complete, be sure to find a space for everything you’re keeping and organize it in such a way it makes it easy to find and use. Use labels and put away seasonal items. Invest in storage bins and other types of organizational tools as needed. Highlight items worthy of display.

Maintain the Space: As each room of your house is cleaned, decluttered and organized, keep up the effort. Put items back in their rightful spots when you’re done with them and encourage your family to do the same. Even if you or your family forgets occasionally, repetition will turn into habit, making it easier to keep your space organized and clutter-free.

Before you start the decluttering process in your home, be sure to contact Boss Rentals today at 888-599-BOSS (2677) to learn more about our portable storage unit renting and leasing options. Our professional staff can work directly with you, talk about your specific needs and steer you to the precise mobile storage containers that work for you!